Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Lesley Cox]

In Whitworth we drink coffee from th'ermos flask.....or a bone china SRGC mug.

I love this. Before seeing it was from Ranunculus and not especially noticing Whitworth, I knew it was from the Bookeroo

[Paul T]

Oh No Cliff, you're getting predictable.  We can't have THAT!!!!!!! 

[mark smyth]

Just going back to the shot Hen Harriers - Police had originally identified three suspects: Prince Harry, William van Cutsem and David Clarke, a gamekeeper

[Martin Baxendale]

Just going back to the shot Hen Harriers - Police had originally identified three suspects: Prince Harry, William van Cutsem and David Clarke, a gamekeeper

Yes, it's interesting that the Sandringham estate staff reportedly initially told police it was only Prince Harry and his mate who were out shooting. Then later it seems it was "Oh, actually Mr Plod there was a gamekeeper out there too." (probably not the exact words used). A cynical mind might jump to the no doubt erroneous conclusion that said gamekeeper would have made a very handy scapegoat for the crime if he'd been needed in the event of the finger of blame being pointed at those known to have been out shooting - which he wasn't, as whoever shot the hen harriers did an excellent job of disappearing the corpses before the police investigation (as complained about by the Criminal Prosecution Service) so no-one could have been prosecuted due to lack of evidence.

[tonyg]

OH the joys of youth - only 2 TV channels to fight over but in a house of 4 lads it was always Thunderbirds on a Saturday morning.  Now for a vote on our favourite episode.

[Martin Baxendale]

OH the joys of youth - only 2 TV channels to fight over but in a house of 4 lads it was always Thunderbirds on a Saturday morning.  Now for a vote on our favourite episode.

Tony, I can go along with a certain level of nostalgia but if we descend to the geekish depths of voting on our favourite episodes of Thunderbirds, Star Trek, Last Of The Summer Wine, etc then I'm going to have to shoot myself (and make sure there's a servile gamekeeper in the vicinity to take the blame...you called m'lady? - sorry, Thunderbirds joke!)

[SueG]

On a different topic all together, at the discussion weekend some of us decided that we needed a new category at flower shows for those bulbs (or other plants) we grew which other gardeners got to flower but we didn't, you know 'class xxx for sternbergia in leaf no flowers'.

Such a good idea I thought, however, one of my pots of sternbergias has now decided to produce one flower, so, with reluctance, I'll have to withdraw it from that class. Hopefully I'll get a picture of the one little flower when I'm actually at home in daylight. Please don't tell me yours have so many flowers you can't see the leaves, just today that is not what I want to hear!!

Sue

PS I can't imagine how anyone can have a favourite Thunderbirds episode, maybe it would be possible to have an idea of the one which was least awful   

[Carlo]

Sue,

Just cut off the bloody flower and enter the foliage class....

[SueG]

Carlo
Now why didn't I think of that - it's been a long week, my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
S

[mark smyth]

Sue, not knowing your age but assuming you watch Thunderbirds etc when you were wee, you would have loved all episodes then and didnt notive the strings attached to the puppets

[Anthony Darby]

I'm afraid to say that Saturday mornings for me (at least in 1962-3, after my piano lesson with Mr Greenwood) was ABC Minors in Huddersfield with Captain Marvel, the orginal Batman, The Perils of Nyoka and a Loony Tunes cartoon. 9d in the balcony plus a tanner for a 'Zoom' ice lolly. Brilliant.

[tonyg]

Tony, I can go along with a certain level of nostalgia but if we descend to the geekish depths of voting on our favourite episodes of Thunderbirds, Star Trek, Last Of The Summer Wine, etc then I'm going to have to shoot myself (and make sure there's a servile gamekeeper in the vicinity to take the blame...you called m'lady? - sorry, Thunderbirds joke!)

Well - at least I gave you something to moan about

[Casalima]

I'm afraid to say that Saturday mornings for me (at least in 1962-3, after my piano lesson with Mr Greenwood) was ABC Minors in Huddersfield with Captain Marvel, the orginal Batman, The Perils of Nyoka and a Loony Tunes cartoon. 9d in the balcony plus a tanner for a 'Zoom' ice lolly. Brilliant.

Ha!! The only time I really watched television when I was a child was at my piano teacher's, during my sister's lessons! Unfortunately, if I remember correctly, it was the Osmonds, Jackson Five cartoons and Loony Tunes 

[Anthony Darby]

Never mind, north of The Border they are redressing the balance. Seems like they have sneakily released a whole load of Sea Eagles in Fife this year! One was even seen in a supermarket carpark in Dunfermline!

[mark smyth]

and we're getting Sea Eagles too and Red Kites